In Washington D.C.
saw a small dead baby bird body
disappear overnight
eaten by the unknown

In Maryland
a rabbit biting a snake’s tail
kept pulling it off the road
back into the dirt
for lunch

Pennsylvania produced
a small bird that dart bombed
a much larger hawk David to Goliath
until it fled its fury

Back home in Cleveland
black bee buzzin’
intensely watched by black cat
crouched quivering on sill
in third floor shadow
the window opening
onto the soft chartreuse
slant shine of the setting sun
on new spring leaf

About today’s post, Steven says: “While I was recovering from neck surgery, my wife Kathy discovered she had a rare type of eye cancer. She started off with a 30-50% chance of survival if it had spread from the eye.

“They put her in the hospital, partially removed her eye, sewed a radioactive plaque to it, radiated her for three days, then took a biopsy sample. Doctor says there’s a 95-97% chance the tumor will shrink from the radiation, and the biopsy says there’s only a 2% chance of it spreading. Plus the CAT scan says it probably has NOT spread yet. So the prognosis is as good as it could possibly be under these circumstances.

“So, these are for Lady K: poems from 2005-2017 for and fotos of Lady K aka Kathy Smith— friend, companion, collaborator, wife.”

Thanks, Steven! And please give our best to Lady K.

—Medusa

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Re: Cycle

Yesterday on the ground
atop a large flat rock
the small featherless corpse of a baby bird.